[2.4.2] Blade Flurry Varunastra Max Block Gladiator

Lifeleech from bottom of tree ;)

Hi,
How is going with this build?
What are skill gems alike?

I had a similar idea:
"Max blockade, riposte, revange and some aoe (lacerate)"

Unfortunetly at level 40 i am neither very tanky nor dps maschine. (may be lackof gear or some nodes mishap)

Utilyty: Leap Strike (jumping over edges is nice), Hatred, Herald of Ash, StoneGolem

Is it even good idea to mix riposte and lacerate or is that just spreading to thin?
Which base skill is base attack skill is best? I liked Lacerate. But maybe it should be blade vortes, Blade Furry or something.

This is incredibly similar to what I did with it. I'm just looking to add Cospri's Will. I run with an aurabot and it is fucking murder!

I did the endgame yesterday and found the limits of the build (and my items). Even though it was quite safe to do so, it took minutes to wear down Hydra and Chimera and I had problems with the trio at uber Atziri. My initial damage of like 4k feels especially bad since I have seen this Assassin build with 100k ;)

It's probably the better choice to go for crits with another sword and wear Abyssus - the high block rate helps migiating the increased incoming damage.

On the other hand, I played corrupted maps up to level 15 without having to look at the mods, only no leech is a problem.

Hi

I tested the last days with some max block crit sword poison blade flurry , looks good so far but single target seems a bit too low.

Maybe someone here has any idea if i lost something or can improve my skilltree

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Gear



Stats with charges and bloodrage up and increased AoE Gem
Aura's Arctic Armor+Determination
Resis all 110+



Abyssus would boost my Dps really well but i hate that Helmet :P

Ty for any critique

Cheers
Xentos

Swap inc AoE for conc Effect and invest the 2 skill points in Amplify (maybe you can remove Diamond Skin).

Just started a build with the same concept but going right side of the tree the other day (only lvl 64, damn RL getting in the way of testing.)

Max Block Gladiator, CI edition.



Basic concept uses a high ES shield in conjunction with many of the +Defenses from shield nodes to boost total ES while still being able to be rather flexible in other slots.

Has enough points left over to pick up Deadly Dilettante and By the Blade if going Varunastra or any of the weapon specific nodes on the right side of the tree if opting to focus on a different weapon (or one is too cheap/poor to purchase a Varunastra.)

Blasphemy-WM for leech and Endurance Charge generation.

Doedre's Damning, Windscream, or Corrupted Anvil for a second Curse on Hit (Enfeeble for Defense, Punishment or Vulnerability for Offense)

Bonus points for being able to effectively use Melee Damage on Full Life Support.

Anyone tested the possibility of a crit/dagger version like

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If someone tested it or something similar let me pleaze know

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sucinum wrote:

I did the endgame yesterday and found the limits of the build (and my items). Even though it was quite safe to do so, it took minutes to wear down Hydra and Chimera and I had problems with the trio at uber Atziri. My initial damage of like 4k feels especially bad since I have seen this Assassin build with 100k ;)

It's probably the better choice to go for crits with another sword and wear Abyssus - the high block rate helps migiating the increased incoming damage.

On the other hand, I played corrupted maps up to level 15 without having to look at the mods, only no leech is a problem.

Yeah, the problem with Gladiator is low damage dealing. Its bad for end game bosses as u cant leech fast enough when u actually got hit

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Shadow102 wrote:

Blasphemy-WM for leech and Endurance Charge generation.

I would never use Blasphemy on a Gladiator, that's a waste of Mana when Reckoning/Curse on hit can totally cover your cursing needs. I added Endurance Charge on Melee stun as 4th link just to be safe, but it's not really required. That is enough to feed a lowlevel CWDT/IC and still be with Endurance Charges most of the time.

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NeoHien1 wrote:

Yeah, the problem with Gladiator is low damage dealing. Its bad for end game bosses as u cant leech fast enough when u actually got hit

There might be some method with double-dipping something, but not sure how that stuff works. The endgame doesn't work with plain hitting on stuff, as it seems.